Original caption: The earliest edition of the complete Bible in Spanish. It was translated by C. de Reina, a monk who, becoming one of the Spanish Reformers, had to flee to England, and later to the Continent. A copy was sent to Queen Elizabeth...

Original caption: C. de Reina's translation revised by C. de Valera, a Spanish monk who came under the influence of the Reformation, escaped from persecution in Spain, and took refuge in England, where he devoted the last twenty years of his life...

Original caption: A Vulgate text with the famous commentary by the brilliant Franciscan theologian Nicolas de Lyra (1270-1340), which "may be said to mark the first beginnings of a school of natural exegesis." Luther, as well as many other...

Original caption: A typical black letter (lettre de forme) Bible of the Low Countries, printed in Leiden. It is contemporaneous with the earliest editions of Tyndale's and Coverdale's Testaments and Bibles, many of which were printed in nearby...

Original caption: Latin Vulgate version written in Gothic script, seven lines to the inch, on fine vellum. The calligraphy and ornamentation on this page deserve close inspection. This form of writing is in marked contrast to the minute, much...

Original caption: The first printed Latin Bible with glosses, made by Adolph Rusch for the noted Nuremberg printer and publisher Anton Koberger. The marginal glosses are by Strabo, a ninth century writer and the interlinear notes by Anselmus of...

Original caption: This was the second issue of an octavo Bible, the first having been issued by the same printer in 1491. From its small size, this is known as the "Poor Man's Bible". Johann Froben was the celebrated Basel printer who for many...

Original caption: First edition of the Latin Bible in which catch words were used. This version Contains N. de Lyra's celebrated commentary, Postillae litterales et morales. The interlinear notes are in small type, which is seldom found. Most of...

Original caption: First complete Bible printed in Greek. Edited by Andreas Asolanus, father-in-law of Aldus. The text is based largely upon the Complutensian Polyglot for the Old Testament, and upon Erasmus' first edition of the New Testament in...

Original caption: Printed by the son of the great printer and eminent scholar, Robert the elder, whose text was followed. The type was cut by Claude Garamond, the most distinguished of French designers. This type, containing all the known...

Original caption: The second edition of the Roman Catholic Bible in English, which succeeded the first (1609-1610) by twenty-five years. No further issue appeared until 115 years later (1750). In general arrangement the 1635 edition follows the...

Original caption: The Standard Bible of the Dutch Reformed Church, compiled by Biblical scholars of the 'various provinces of the Netherlands. These were appointed in 1619. Funds were furnished by the States-General to start work in 1628, and the...